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Even the handful of beautiful, hand-painted practical backgrounds seem to be laden with implied allegory.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
"It was just being a handful of people, and it was complete chaos," Curlee recalled of those initial months.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Sung Won Sohn, an economist and a former commissioner at the Port of Los Angeles, said the new tariffs will result in higher U.S. prices on a handful of high-profile goods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Western defense companies have discussed manufacturing weapons in Ukraine before, but so far only a handful of smaller foreign drone makers have started production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In and of itself it was a remarkable fact: The catastrophe was foreseeable, yet only a handful noticed.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Dozens of Khan supporters gathered near the private hospital, while others flung handfuls of red flower petals at passing cars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
"We call it rotting out," says Fererro, now wearing a white laboratory coat as he adds handfuls of seagrass to the Calshot tank.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Workers bend the branches down with a hook-shaped tool made of PVC pipe, helping people reach handfuls of cherries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Most grabbed small handfuls of items, such as prepared foods to go and drinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
The shivering makes me cough, everything makes me cough, and I spit out handfuls of green goo from my lungs, but then I hold my breath and plunge in my head again.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
